right wing australians may have served with the nationalist rebels , they received no public support . service in a foreign armed force was illegal at the time , however as the government received no reports of australians travelling to spain to enlist , no action was taken . consequently , returned veterans were neither recognised by the government or the returned and services league of australia ( rs ##l ) . although the number of australian volunteers was relatively small compared to those from other countries , at least 14 were killed . = = = europe and the middle east = = = australia entered the second world war on 3 september 1939 . at the time of the declaration of war against germany the australian
right wing australians may have served with the nationalist rebels, they received no public support. service in a foreign armed force was illegal at the time, however as the government received no reports of australians travelling to spain to enlist, no action was taken. consequently, returned veterans were neither recognised by the government or the returned and services league of australia ( rsl ). although the number of australian volunteers was relatively small compared to those from other countries, at least 14 were killed. = = = europe and the middle east = = = australia entered the second world war on 3 september 1939. at the time of the declaration of war against germany the australian